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          A JOINT RESOLUTION
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        proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting this state or a  | 
      
      
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        political subdivision of this state from adopting or enforcing a  | 
      
      
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        law, ordinance, order, or other regulation requiring the  | 
      
      
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        registration of a firearm. | 
      
      
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               BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by  | 
      
      
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        adding Section 23-a to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 23-a.  This state or a political subdivision of this  | 
      
      
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        state may not adopt or enforce a law, ordinance, order, or other  | 
      
      
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        regulation requiring the registration of a firearm. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be  | 
      
      
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        submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.   | 
      
      
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        The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the  | 
      
      
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        proposition:  "The constitutional amendment  prohibiting this state  | 
      
      
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        or a political subdivision of this state from adopting or enforcing  | 
      
      
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        a law, ordinance, order, or other regulation requiring the  | 
      
      
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        registration of a firearm." |